Morning on the Red Planet

This absorption could take billions of years

We’ve never seen anything like this before

It will not

You probably wouldn’t want to eat off them though

A new study says yes

A conversation with MacArthur fellow Felipe de Brigard about how forgiveness reshapes the memory of atrocity

Majority voting may make us less willing to tolerate advantages for others

Part of the challenge of finding a biomarker for mental illness is the environment’s significant influence

Thanks to green algae that groove on guano

An under-the-sea autobiography

We’ve moved on from the golden glow

And they go to considerable lengths to do it

A tortoise’s genetic hacks for longevity

It from a bygone epoch when all sorts of crocs roamed the Mediterranean

Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith on AI consciousness and existential risk

People who can’t see images in their minds challenge an old philosophical standby

It takes intelligence to get things spectacularly wrong. An essay on our undoing.